Saturday, December 22, 2012

Multiverses and Heaven

Stephen Hawking says that if multiverses are true (and mathematically, existence points to multiverses), then there is no room for a Heaven or a God. But let's imagine that Heaven is located in the universe next to our universe. In that universe, there is a Being that is worshipped. He judges and rejects children, old people and anyone who did not believe in him, regardless of circumstance, and sentences them to burn so you can watch. The colors of this universe are white and gold, and the rivers are made of milk and honey, even though there are no animals allowed. (Perhaps from breast milk and some sort of urinary disease like the Amish have? You've heard of maple syrup urine disease of the Amish; maybe there is some sort of urinary disease that tastes like honey. That would answer where the milk and honey rivers came from when there are no animals.) Your position in this universe is to worship the head being, eternally. There is constant singing going on. You do not recognize anyone in your family.

That's enough description. Given this universe named Heaven and our universe, which would you choose to live in? Which seems more like your definition of Heaven?

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I became an atheist thanks to YouTube! For years I hovered between having a God, being "spiritual" and being agnostic - in fact, most of my life. There was only a short period of time when I was a Jesus Freak along with my brother, but I did not fit in with his group. I attended a religious college for two years and felt like the "odd woman out" there as well. One day on the main page of AOL there was a picture of Kirk Cameron and another picture of a pretty young blond woman with curly long hair and a cute little chin. They said she got more "hits" on YouTube than Kirk did! Of course, it was Zomgitscriss! I watched her video and thought, "You know, I think like she does, but she is a lot smarter than I am!" I watched more of her videos, and she said it was just a hop, skip and jump from agnosticism to atheism. I thought, "Oh, I could never be an atheist - it's such a harsh word!" I decided to look at her favorites and saw a big guy with long hair who looked like he belonged in a motorcycle gang. I smirked and thought, "This will be good - let's see what he has to say," thinking he had to sound dumb. It turned out to be Aron Ra, and I was treated to video after video about evolution, taxonomy and phylogeny - subjects I knew nothing about! What an education! One day, I clicked on Pangeaprogress' videos. I saw his beautiful nature videos of Africa. Suddenly, a pack of lions surrounded an antelope and started eating her, slowly, starting at the hips and wherever they could bite. I was totally shocked. I had been overprotected a good share of my life, and my mother always told me that animals "always went right for the neck and the death was over in an instant." Well, it wasn't. From that moment on, I was an atheist. No God could sit by and watch such cruelty and pain and suffering and allow it to happen. No excuses. This is how YouTube converted me, and my eyes have been opened to so many new ideas thanks to the Internet!